The Gray Area with Sean Illing

The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Philosophy
Politics
News Commentary
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Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lesson...
58 min
702
Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, an...
68 min
703
Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art
55 min
704
Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez
63 min
705
Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing p...
111 min
706
Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
54 min
707
Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social ...
81 min
708
Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dati...
98 min
709
Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce a...
74 min
710
Ben Thompson on how to make it in media in 2016
91 min
711
Ben Thompson on how the media business is changing
91 min
712
Grover Norquist explains what it takes to chang...
84 min
713
Neera Tanden on what it's like to work for Hill...
66 min
714
David Chang, head of the Momofuku empire
82 min
715
Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics
105 min
716
Michael Needham on the Republican Party's crack-up
68 min
717
Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat th...
72 min
718
Theda Skocpol on how political scientists think...
57 min
719
Bill Gates on stopping climate change, building...
40 min
720
How lobbying works, with super-lobbyist Tony Po...
55 min
721
Rachel Maddow on skinhead rallies, AIDS activis...
100 min